Sapphire HD3850 AGP 512MB is IN.. the Good & the Bad...!

bajo · 02-28-2008, 08:03 PM

Beautiful lil' critter, but..........

.. I can not get it recognised by my original ati cat8.1/8.2, so I'll have to actually use the sapphire cd drivers, before amd/ati comes out with cat8.3 I guess...

bajo · 02-29-2008, 06:54 AM

OK, did it, and there's a nice 10% increase in benchies, basic settings, no oc.. for now..

fvbounty · 02-29-2008, 09:24 AM

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Originally Posted by bajo

OK, did it, and there's a nice 10% increase in benchies, basic settings, no oc.. for now..

Nice! And it didn't cost a arm and a leg!!!!

Drufuss · 02-29-2008, 10:21 AM

Okay, that put an end to my patience (waiting for it to be available in a shop near my workplace) so i ordered the card via the net.
total costs: 180.- Euro

How much did you pay for it bajo?

Greetings

Dru

bajo · 02-29-2008, 05:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Drufuss

Okay, that put an end to my patience (waiting for it to be available in a shop near my workplace) so i ordered the card via the net.
total costs: 180.- Euro

How much did you pay for it bajo?

Greetings

Dru

$205 on Saturday, now they raised it to $215 at NewEgg...

bajo · 02-29-2008, 06:00 PM

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Originally Posted by fvbounty

Nice! And it didn't cost a arm and a leg!!!!

Darn right, after selling the 1950pro agp, I'd have to add just $20 or so...

**k0NG0** · 02-29-2008, 06:05 PM

The box "art". Why do all the "designers" always appear to be 12 years old and immensely sexually frustrated?

bajo · 02-29-2008, 06:34 PM

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Originally Posted by k0NG0

The box "art". Why do all the "designers" always appear to be 12 years old and immensely sexually frustrated?

Kid-gamers like it I guess... and their $$$ count !

**k0NG0** · 02-29-2008, 06:42 PM

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Originally Posted by bajo

Kid-gamers like it I guess... and their $$$ count !

But has there been a single sale based on box art. I doubt it. The PC hardware market is like a huge black hole when it comes to good design. It's where designers come to let their corpse stink up the place. Sad.

Anyway, enough of my thread-jacking.

bajo · 02-29-2008, 06:59 PM

actually I like my new RaptorX box....

traveler · 02-29-2008, 07:11 PM

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Originally Posted by k0NG0

But has there been a single sale based on box art. I doubt it. The PC hardware market is like a huge black hole when it comes to good design. It's where designers come to let their corpse stink up the place. Sad.

Anyway, enough of my thread-jacking.

Hmmmm. Box art. Thirty percent of the cost maybe?

**Gorganzola** · 02-29-2008, 08:00 PM

I think it's funny that under box contents it says an X1950 PRO.

ScuzziOne · 03-01-2008, 02:47 AM

Tempting, but after the driver problems I encountered on my boxes with the X1950Pro... not to mention the fact that one of those drivers totally thrashed my system to the point that a re-install was required, I'd have a hard time justifying even taking a look. Never was able to get the X1950s to do more than "Black Screen on Boot" with Windows Vista. Now running my old nVidia6800GS boards instead...

Given that my systems don't like the nVidia HSI bridge and ATI can't seem to develop a working AGP device driver for my systems, it looks these systems will be riding out the rest of their days on the 6800GS... Unless, of course, ATI wants to provide me with free upgrades for the $500 worth of X1950s I've got laying around for lack of a functional Vista device driver... LOL!

bajo · 03-01-2008, 06:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Gorganzola

I think it's funny that under box contents it says an X1950 PRO.

Yes sure, cause you were lookin' at the 1950 box..

Drufuss · 03-06-2008, 11:21 AM

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Originally Posted by bajo

OK, did it, and there's a nice 10% increase in benchies, basic settings, no oc.. for now..

Jumped from 41892 to 45829 points in 3Dmark01, but every other benchmark crashed or just hang at the startup screen. Let's see if the 8.3 drivers are better than sapphires 8.1.

Greetings

Dru

02-28-2008, 08:03 PM	#1
bajo C1eaner Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: TX, USA Posts: 17,136	Sapphire HD3850 AGP 512MB is IN.. the Good & the Bad...! Beautiful lil' critter, but.......... .. I can not get it recognised by my original ati cat8.1/8.2, so I'll have to actually use the sapphire cd drivers, before amd/ati comes out with cat8.3 I guess... __________________ USA "I won't be wronged, I won't be insulted, and I won't be laid a hand on. I don't do these things to other people, and I require the same from them." Duke (The Shootist) Gigabyte_AGP_LGA775, PentiumD960_dual core 3.6GHz, SapphireHD3850_AGP512MB_DDR2, WD RaptorX 150GB SATA_clearTop_16MB + Seagate 1TB SATA_32MB, CorsairDominator 2GB 8500_1066MHz, Dell 24" 2408WFP *AGP +DVIx2 +HDMI +DisplayPort +USB2x4, XPproSP3 Inspiron9400 17"uxga CentrinoC2duoT7600_2.39GHz_685MHz 4GB Micron6400@800_675_400MHz GeForceGo7900GSMobileForce_M6Enhanced_256MB 2x200GbSATA_7200rpm_16MBcache Vista hp, VistaP6001SP1
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02-29-2008, 06:54 AM	#2
bajo C1eaner Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: TX, USA Posts: 17,136	Re: Sapphire HD3850 AGP 512MB is IN.. the Good & the Bad...! OK, did it, and there's a nice 10% increase in benchies, basic settings, no oc.. for now.. __________________ USA "I won't be wronged, I won't be insulted, and I won't be laid a hand on. I don't do these things to other people, and I require the same from them." Duke (The Shootist) Gigabyte_AGP_LGA775, PentiumD960_dual core 3.6GHz, SapphireHD3850_AGP512MB_DDR2, WD RaptorX 150GB SATA_clearTop_16MB + Seagate 1TB SATA_32MB, CorsairDominator 2GB 8500_1066MHz, Dell 24" 2408WFP *AGP +DVIx2 +HDMI +DisplayPort +USB2x4, XPproSP3 Inspiron9400 17"uxga CentrinoC2duoT7600_2.39GHz_685MHz 4GB Micron6400@800_675_400MHz GeForceGo7900GSMobileForce_M6Enhanced_256MB 2x200GbSATA_7200rpm_16MBcache Vista hp, VistaP6001SP1
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02-29-2008, 10:21 AM	#4
Drufuss CUSL2-C Freak Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Österreich Posts: 2,649	Re: Sapphire HD3850 AGP 512MB is IN.. the Good & the Bad...! Okay, that put an end to my patience (waiting for it to be available in a shop near my workplace) so i ordered the card via the net. total costs: 180.- Euro How much did you pay for it bajo? Greetings Dru __________________ System specs: MB: ASrock Conroe865PE CPU: Core 2 Duo E6700 2.66GHz @ 3 GHz Mem: 4 x 1GB DDR-Ram Corsair Storage: 2 x Seagate 7200.ESII 500GB SATA Graphics: Sapphire Radeon HD3850 512MB AGP Soundblaster Audigy 2 ZS, Hauppauge HVR4000 DVB-S/S2/T, Dlink DWL-G520, Logitech Z-5450 5.1 THX Wireless OS: Win XP MCE 2005, Suse Linux 10.3 CUSL2-C ruled! ..äh... RulEd! Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana.
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02-29-2008, 06:05 PM	#7
k0NG0 The other tainted meat... Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Sweden Posts: 13,549	Re: Sapphire HD3850 AGP 512MB is IN.. the Good & the Bad...! The box "art". Why do all the "designers" always appear to be 12 years old and immensely sexually frustrated? __________________ Use Firefox - "the one that blocks all the schmutz" Feeling multicore elation? Remember this correlation: Amdahl's Law.
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02-29-2008, 06:59 PM	#10
bajo C1eaner Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: TX, USA Posts: 17,136	Re: Sapphire HD3850 AGP 512MB is IN.. the Good & the Bad...! actually I like my new RaptorX box.... __________________ USA "I won't be wronged, I won't be insulted, and I won't be laid a hand on. I don't do these things to other people, and I require the same from them." Duke (The Shootist) Gigabyte_AGP_LGA775, PentiumD960_dual core 3.6GHz, SapphireHD3850_AGP512MB_DDR2, WD RaptorX 150GB SATA_clearTop_16MB + Seagate 1TB SATA_32MB, CorsairDominator 2GB 8500_1066MHz, Dell 24" 2408WFP *AGP +DVIx2 +HDMI +DisplayPort +USB2x4, XPproSP3 Inspiron9400 17"uxga CentrinoC2duoT7600_2.39GHz_685MHz 4GB Micron6400@800_675_400MHz GeForceGo7900GSMobileForce_M6Enhanced_256MB 2x200GbSATA_7200rpm_16MBcache Vista hp, VistaP6001SP1
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02-29-2008, 08:00 PM	#12
Gorganzola Stuck in 3D Join Date: May 2001 Location: Hangin' with the fruits Posts: 9,333	Re: Sapphire HD3850 AGP 512MB is IN.. the Good & the Bad...! I think it's funny that under box contents it says an X1950 PRO. __________________ TTFN. I wasn't asleep at the switch, I was drunk. -- Homer J. Simpson Q. How many dull people does it take to change a lightbulb? A. One. A very useful tool on these forums: You can Meebo in public.
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03-01-2008, 02:47 AM	#13
ScuzziOne Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 23	Re: Sapphire HD3850 AGP 512MB is IN.. the Good & the Bad...! Tempting, but after the driver problems I encountered on my boxes with the X1950Pro... not to mention the fact that one of those drivers totally thrashed my system to the point that a re-install was required, I'd have a hard time justifying even taking a look. Never was able to get the X1950s to do more than "Black Screen on Boot" with Windows Vista. Now running my old nVidia6800GS boards instead... Given that my systems don't like the nVidia HSI bridge and ATI can't seem to develop a working AGP device driver for my systems, it looks these systems will be riding out the rest of their days on the 6800GS... Unless, of course, ATI wants to provide me with free upgrades for the $500 worth of X1950s I've got laying around for lack of a functional Vista device driver... LOL!
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